Beer-bottling machine.



' ATTORNEYS UPATENTED AUG. 4, 1:?53. V

WEBER.

BEER BOTTLING MACHINE.

HEHRL& c.

APPLICATION funn 2.5m. 1s, was.

'PATBNTED AUG. 4, 190.8. Y

J. G. HEHE L c. fm1-1 BEER BOTTLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAX. 19, 190B.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

mwen-runs "Nmsasss; Y. EATEEEEI AUG. 4, '1903.' J. G. HEHE E c. WEBER. i

BEER EOTTEIEG MACHINE.

3 SHEETS--SHBET 3.

WITNESEES,

the .ca-sing, The spring seatedbetween the valve and the cap 29 at the b .turni of the. chamber 26 seats the valve normally over the port or ports 3G leading by thepa'ssage 31 into the chamber 22' of the casing 3i! is the ported nipple by which air is introduced to the'cha-mber 26, said nipple being connected by the pipe 33 to the air tank Above that. portion of the cross-herir. in which the passage 23 is situated, is the hollow chamber 84, having the diaphragnri preferably on its floor. On this diaphragm" 1s the annulus 36 having the partition 31' and the top annulus 38, on which is seated a sec?. ond diaphragm 39 held in place by a sci-en* cap 40, whose annular edge rests on the dia.- phragm and by its pressure clamps the diaphragms securely in the positions described. The diaphragm is secured to the piston 41 which Works in a recess in the cross-head .below the diaphragm 35 and in the partition 37, the piston being packed inthe said recess and partition as shown at 42. The Iupper end of the iston 41 is formed into a conical Valve 43, w lich-has its seat in the projection 44 secured to the diaphragm 39. The rojection has therein a conical seat adapte( to the valve 43, from the apex of which seat extends the vent tube 45, packed by the leather46 so as'to make the chamber 46 bet een the diaphragm 39 and the cap 40 air-tight. The spring 47 urges the Valve seat toward the conical valve 43. .The piston 41 has longitudinal thereof theair-passage 48Which is branched at the upper end through the valve 43.

From the bottom of the recess n which the piston 41 works the three passages 49 one only being shown in Figs. 4 and 5 extend downwardly to the chamber 50 around the pipe 24, which chamber communicates with the interior of the tube 5l which surrounds he tube 24 and is spaced slightlyv therefrom, so asV to permit air in the bottle 25 to pass between the. tubes 24 and 51 to the chamber 50 and the passages 49; The tube 51 extends only a short distance into the neck of the bottle. The upper end of the bottle engages an elastic rubber ring 52 seated in the bell-shaped extension 53 on theunderside of the cross-head 9. The ring 52 rests against a meta-l retaining ring 54 at the top of the extension 53. The space around the tube 51 communicates with two or more passages 55 which extend through the cross-nead 9 to the iloor of the-chamber 34 beneath the diaphragm 35. Air is led to the chamber 46 through the nipple 56, which is connected to the pipe 33 by the branch pi 57.

The earn plitete 58secured to one or more posts 59 is in the line etti-:wel ot lthe steihs 65 of' the valves 3 and 27,--whe1ra bottle 25 is being filled, faswill be described presently The forward yrend ot the 'plate is inclined dou-*mvardly the direction of the travel of the filling mechanism for a. short distance.,

Alnitting the knob 15 on then-'aire stemH to 751 pass through. i

The top ot' the column .suppiuts for each filling element a exlndeiy( 1, in which works the. piston G2 secured to the piston rod 63, slidable through the flange G4 secured to the col# 4S0 umn. A bottle rest or stop 15.3 is adjustably secured to the piston rod by thes'et screws 66 to accommodate bottles of differentl lengths. Air 'is Aadmitted to and exhausted from' the cylinders 6l through the. passages 85 61 leading to the lower portion thereof beneath the pistons 62 Theo eration is asfollowsthe arts being..

l b as shown 1n Fie. 1. lhe 'column is set in ro- I,

D tation so that the bottle lnbng element 9o moves toward the left im Fig. 1. A bot-tle is set on the step 65 in its lowered position, the neck of the bottle being below the end ofthe pipe 24, as shown on Fig. 1. The piston 62 is actuated to raise the bottle into contact 95 with the rubber ring 52 amttocause the bottle to lift the cross-head 9 so as to bring the tops of the valve stems 14 .and 2S highA enough to be engaged by the earn late 5S.

The valve stem 2S first engages tie plate 100 l 58, whereb)1 the valve 27 is. depressed or moved Ifrom its seat, permitting com )ressed air to pass from the chamber 26, tlu'ough the port 30, the passage 31, the ehamber'22,

the passage 23, and the tube 24 into the. bot-HD5 tle 25, as shown in Figs. `3 and G. The. air will not escape from the bottle as the pressure on' the diaphragm 39 through the passage 4S of the piston 41 is ermnteracted by an equal air pressure in the chamber 46 and the spring 110 47. After the compressed air has been ad? mitted to the bottle. and the pressure is equal to the tension 0r pressure of the gases in the beer, the valve stein enters the slot 6() whereby the `.-'alve 27 is closed, cutting oli the air sup- 115 ply. The knob 15 is then depressed by the cam plate 58, whereby the valve 13 is lowered as shown on Fig. G. The beer then. passes from the chamber 1S) to the chamber 22 and` passes through'the passage 2h' and the tube `120;)

24 into the bottle. During the, entraneeof the beer into the hottie the compressed air therein is forced up between the tubes 24 and 51, andthrough the passages 49 and 4S` .against the value seat 44, which it lifts, the

air escaping through the outlet passage 45.

Assoon as the beer seals the, lower end of Y 'j the tube 51, the airis then forced thro ugh the passages f against the diaphragm 35, which, be. `secured to the pis-mi, raises the .latter so to close the valve frz-e- 43 on its v bottle.

The holes 49 are 'preferably smaller than the heli-s 55. As soon as the end of the tube 51 is sealed, the air outside the same. becomes confined- The boer, still flowing into the' bottle, now compresses this air t.o,a higher tension than before, causing itI to lift the diaphragm 35 and the piston 41 as explained.

Referring now to Fig. 7, the air inlet ipe 67 is provided with the cock 68 and lea( to the pipe 69 on the lower end of the valve casing 70-- The lower end of the pipe 69 is connected bj' the pipe 71 tothe ni ple 72 connected to the plug or rod 73, wliich has one or more passages 74 leading air from the ni ple 7 2 into the keg 75 and which contains tue tube 75 connected to the beer supply and extending nearly ,to the bottom of the keg.' The plug or rod 73 tits air-tight into or over the bnng-hole of the keg.

The bottom of the casing 70 supports the annulns 77, on whose top is the -erforated artition 78, supporting the diap iragm 79. p his ihragm is held in place by the cylinder SD, 4raving the partition 81. The top edge of the cylinder su pports the diaphragm 39 on vwhich rests the ring 82. The annuhis 77, the partition '78, the diaphragins 39 and 79, the cylinder 80, and the ring S2 are clamped together by the bolts 83 which pass through the holes in the bottom of the casing and in the cap 84. The diaphragm 39' has the valve scat 44 and the vent pipe 45 the same es the diaphragm 3,9 in Fig. 3. The pring 47 also serves the same' function as in The valve seat 44 is adapted to the valve face on the upper end of the piston 41', which is secured to the diaphragm 7 9 and is movable up and down through an opening in the partiticai S1-in which the piston is packed ail-tight Between the bottom of the casing 70 and the artition 78 is the chamber S5, into which i epends the tube S6 secured to the piston 41', this tube communicating with the passage 4S in the piston, this passage opening b v branches into space between the partiti-cn S1 and the diaphragm 39. The chamber 46 is in communication with the air pipe 67 through the branch pipe S7.

shown, airis admit-ted to the' keg by opening the cock BS. As soon as the pressure of th`e`z65 air in the keg equals the pressure of the heet, the cock 65 is turned to eut-oil the air supply-f1,

and the heer is admitted h v a hand vulveorrf, l otherwise through the pipe Tl into thekegi; As the keg fills the nir therein is expelled' 70 through the pipe S6, the passage 4S', and thevent pipe 45, the air raising .the diaphragm 39 and the valve sea-t 14 as in the case of Fig. 3. When the beer 'rises so as to seal the end of the tube S6, the air then passes through 75 the holes iii the partition 7S and lifts the diaphragm 79 and the piston. 41', thus closing the vent 45. The keg is thus lilled with beer without permitting it to foam or lose any of the gas ith which it has been charged. 80

are elevated as described.

We claim- 1. In a device for iillinga receptacle with an etiervescent liquid, means foi' admitting compressed gaseous fluid into said receptacle, means for admitting said liquid into the 99 same, means operated by the compressed gaseous uid to preventthe escape of said aseous fiuid from Asaid receptacle until the iiquid flows into the receptacle, and means operable bv the said .fluid when com )ressed by the li uid to overcome said means or pre-- venting t e escape of the fluid.

2. In a device for' filling a receptacle with an ei'ervescent liquidfmeans Afor 'admitting compressed gaseous fluid into said receptie 100 cle, means for admitting Said liquid there into, a valve member in communication with the fluid in the receptacle, and a valve member mechanically distinct from the said iirst valve member and cooperating with.' the 105 I first valve member to prevent the opening of the valve nieclianism except by the dis placement of said gaseous fluid by said liquid.

3. In e. device for filling a receptacle with an eer'vescent liquid, a valve to permit the 110 fluid in the receptacle to escape iis the liquid enters the saine., a tube leading to said valve and endent in said receptacle, and means for c using the said valve when the liquid seals the end of said tube.` 115 4. In a device for iilling a rece tacle with an etervescent liquid, a valve iaving two movable sections, means connecting the op posite faces of one member with a source of fluid pressure, means for moving the other member, when the liquid reaches a predetermined level iii the receptacle, so as to ceoperate with the rst. member to closethe escape of iluid from the receptacle.'

5. In a device for filling a receptaclewith an eli'ei'vesceiit liquid, a source of compressed gaseous i'luid, a valve device, having therein two diaphragins carrying respective valve l .v ...mm

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and valvesetmembers, means for. leading l Sgnpd at Piisburg, Pa., this 6th day .sald mgi to sind receptacle and t0 b0t-hs1des Mauth, A. D., w06. of one dlaphmgzn: and means to' can; r the. IOH AAN 'G HFR-R t J n CONRAD WEBER.

uid dis lacedv in f he receptacle by the inl 5 owngh uid to a-ftunte the othcdiaphragm and there y Prevent the escape of air from said Valve, Wnen me, liquid reaches :L predetermined level' in said receptacle.

Wit-masses:

F. BARBER, C. EEGGERS. 

